Isophthalic acid

• Formula: C₈H₆O₄
• Molecular weight: 166.1308
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C8H6O4/c9-7(10)5-2-1-3-6(4-5)8(11)12/h1-4H,(H,9,10)(H,11,12) Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: QQVIHTHCMHWDBS-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 121-91-5
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: 1,3-Benzenedicarboxylic acid; m-Benzenedicarboxylic acid; m-Phthalic acid; Benzene,1,3-dicarboxylic acid; Acide isophtalique; Kyselina isoftalova; IPA; m-Dicarboxybenzene; NSC 15310
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Constant pressure heat capacity of solid

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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References

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Karyakin, Rabinovich, et al., 1978
Karyakin, N.V.; Rabinovich, I.B.; Sokolov, L.B., Thermodynamics of the synthesis of isomeric poly(phenylenephthalamides), Vysokomol. Soedin. Ser. B, 1978, 20, 662-666. [all data]

Karyakin, Rabinovich, et al., 1975
Karyakin, N.V.; Rabinovich, I.B.; Kamelova, G.P.; Mochalov, A.N.; Tseitlin, G.M.; Kulagin, V.N.; Korshak, V.V., Thermodynamics of the synthesis of poly-2,2'-(m-phenylene)-5-5'-dibenzoxazolomethane, Polym. Sci. USSR, 1975, 17, 1127-1133. [all data]

Karyakin, Kamelova, et al., 1973
Karyakin, N.V.; Kamelova, G.P.; Yurchenko, V.N.; Kiparisova, e.G.; Korshak, V.V.; Tseitlin, G.M.; Kulagin, V.N.; Rabinovich, I.B., Thermodynamics of the synthesis of poly[2,2'-(m-phenylene)-5,5'-dibenzoxazolemethane] from 3,3'-diamino-4,4'-dihydroxydiphenylmethane and isophthalic acid, Tr. Khim. Khim. Tekhnol., 1973, 71-72. [all data]

Schwabe and Wagner, 1961
Schwabe, K.; Wagner, W., Verbrennungs- und bildungswarmen der drei isomeren phthalsauren, Z. Electrochem., 1961, 65, 812-815. [all data]

Verkade, Coops, et al., 1928
Verkade, P.E.; Coops, J., Jr.; Maan, Chr.J., Calorimetrische Untersuchungen. XV. Thermochemische studien uber cycloparaffine und ihre derivate: 1. Experimentelle daten fur funf- und sechsgliedrige cyclische diole, Ann., 1928, 467, 217-239. [all data]

Verkade, 1926
Verkade, P.E., Verbrandingswarmten van plaatsings-isomere benzol-derivaten en de theorie der geinduceerde alterneeren de polatiteit, Verslag Akad. Wetenschappen Amsterdam, 1926, 35, 492-504. [all data]

Satoh and Sogabe, 1941
Satoh, S.; Sogabe, T., The heat capacities of some organic compounds containing nitrogen and the atomic heat of nitrogen. (4), Sci., Pap. Inst. Phys. Chem. Res. (Tokyo), 1941, 38, 246-251. [all data]

Satoh and Sogabe, 1939
Satoh, S.; Sogabe, T., The specific heats of some solid aromatic acids and their ammonium salts and the atomic heat of nitrogen, Sci. Pap. Inst. Phys. Chem. Res. (Tokyo), 1939, 36, 449-457. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,solid	Constant pressure heat capacity of solid
  ΔcH°solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°solid	Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions

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